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Ok folks, it is that time of year again. If you have a whole kitty, his or her thoughts are turning to one thing....love..or in their cases....sex!! Your female will start creeping around with her belly to the ground and rolling and yelling for boys incessantly. And your boys will start spraying. Both will want out of the house as soon as they figure out there is no one for them in there. Not to mention that if you have a female, there will suddenly be male cats outside that you have never seen in your life, spraying on everything that doesn't move. So before that happens....spay or neuter your pet.
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PHWildCat/Tessa and 18 cats, 1 dog and even a hamster
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A house without cats is like a garden without flowers

Great reminder, Wildcat. This is so very important. When I got my first cat, Samantha, in 1998, I didn't know much about spaying and such. Actually, I knew nothing at all about cats and thought that vets were for when your pet was sick or had an injury. No thought whatsoever about preventative care. When Samantha went into heat the first time, I had no idea of what was going on. It was Pam, my daughter, who told me that Sammi was in heat and to keep her inside so that she doesn't get pregnant. That was no easy task. She'd cry and call and literally climb the drapes, trying to get outside. She was like a wildcat and it drove me crazy. Poor thing was probably feeling crazy herself. Male cats were hanging outside my window, calling to her.

All of Samantha's heat problems would have been avoided if only I had taken her to a vet and had her spayed.
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Ruby and the Kitties
Simba, Samantha, Katrina & KatyKatt
Meow!! Meow!! Meow!! Meow!!

How wonderful to do nothing and then rest afterwards. Meow!

I can beat your first heat story. At least your daughter told you what it was. I, on the other hand had no clue. Bought my first kitten at a pet store. A little white and tiger that I named Misty and I adored. Only 6 weeks old and cute as a button. Destructive little devil, but so cute. My hubby and I had always had dogs, I knew nothing about cats except they were cute and fit in an apartment very well. I was staying about an hour from my spouse in an apartment while I furthered my education and went home only on weekend. I was lonely and my german shepard lasted a week in the apartment before I had to take her home. So a cat it was. Well, about 5 months later, I came home to my baby rolling on the floor and crying. I was worried sick, sure she was dying of something. Rushed her to the Vet where after laughing her head off, she informed me that my baby was a "woman now". I thought surgery? On my kitten?? Not gonna happen, at least not yet. So I took her home. A few days later, now keep in mind that I went to school full time and worked evenings so I was curled in my bed with my window up and heard not one cat crying but two. Opened my eyes to Misty on the inside of the screen wailing and a big wannabe rapist male cat on the other side screaming too. That did it, off went the "baby" to get spayed!!!!
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PHWildCat/Tessa and 18 cats, 1 dog and even a hamster
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A house without cats is like a garden without flowers

I could probably beat both of your stories....but I have to wait for the ending as I'm living thru it right now. I work the graveyard shift, and when I get home in the morning, the toms are hanging around like drug dealers lol, and i'm not talking a couple, I'm talking like 7-8 cats!!!!!! They havent put the door sweep on my door so her moans are very audible from outside, as if she's standing in an open window. I simply cant tell you how crazy it is making me to hear her go thru this, but I just now found out that the county has some program where I can get her fixed for free, so monday we have somewhere to be lol

Man.....I wish I had known that well before now....